Author Archives: Bill Nation

As spring approaches, B-C Wildfire Service is reminding the public and businesses to be cautious when doing any outdoor burning. They say in April of last year, crews responded to 79 fires throughout ...

The B-C government says it's putting an additional 15 million dollars into emergency programs this year. Naomi Yamamoto -- the minister of state for emergency preparedness -- says the 80 million dolla...

The president of the Credit Counselling Society of B-C says it's time British Columbians -- and all Canadians -- start paying down their debt. Scott Hannah says for every dollar of disposable income, ...

The B-C S-P-C-A says 20 dogs and seven horses have been seized from a property where they were left unattended south of Burns Lake. S-P-C-A constable Dale Bakken says seven of the dogs -- primarily Au...

A British Columbia credit union says the province's economy will weather a predicted downturn in the housing industry this year. The latest forecast from Central 1 says economic growth in the province...

An industry group says B-C's lumber industry is in a better position to handle a softwood trade battle with the U-S now than it was during the last major clash 10 years ago. The Quebec Forest Industry...

The World Wildlife Fund is slamming a federal recovery plan for an endangered population of killer whales in the southern Georgia Strait. It says a proposal for more research will take too long and th...

The B-C Nurses' Union says violence at health facilities in the province have reached shocking levels. They say Work Safe B-C reports show the injury rate due to workplace violence for health care wor...

B-C's Liberal government is taking steps to defuse a brewing controversy over political party donations. A spokesman for Premier Christy Clark says legislation is being introduced today to create an i...

The Canada Revenue Agency's tax-filing website is back online. A notice was posted on the agency's website on Friday that said many of its services, including electronic tax filing, had been taken dow...